Movement Against Intolerance

SPAIN APOLOGISES FOR JAILING GAY MAN IN 1970S December 9, 2009

A man in eastern Spain has become the first to receive an official letter apologising for his imprisonment in the 1970s for being homosexual. Antoni Ruiz spent three months in prison under a law introduced during Gen Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. In addition to the letter, he has received 4,000 euros ($5,900; £3,600) in compensation. Mr Ruiz estimates around 5,000 homosexuals suffered a similar fate to him during Gen Franco’s dictatorship.